The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 4-6-4 3456 leads train 2, The Scout, at Wichita Kansas in May of 1940. Note the clanging bell, and rods down, at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF thirteen car mixed train number 67 is approaching the Wichita Kansas station in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 2-6-2 1150 and 4-8-2 3720 lead a fourteen car troop train south, near Littleton Colorado, on August 30th 1952. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief is seen at Raton New Mexico in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it approaches the Albin Tunnel.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 heads east of Cheyenne, Wy for Gering, NE on the first leg of it's "Home Run Express Tour" to Omaha for NCAA College Baseball World Series. Here, 4014... (more)

Mixed to Mt. Union. A young couple pauses to take in the passage of an East Broad Top mixed train that is passing under the iconic McMullins Summit Bridge, on a northbound run to Mt. Union,... (more)

SP 4-8-8-2 4187 leads a westbound freight past the Caboose Cafe, in Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 4-6-4 3459 is leaving Denver with a six car train on May 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF 2nd 23, is led by ATSF 4-8-4 2912 west of Vaughn New Mexico on September 21st 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.